Then I was delighted to get Nicky's block request early ...I'm expecting August to be a write off.

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SO I am up to date for the singy group.

Next...

The Modern Irish Bee is coming to an end of its first year.
I have loved how relaxed this bee is.

These are some of the blocks that I had to get done.

Some triangles in Glimma for Anneliese at Mail from a cheeky monkey
I haven't tied to sew Triangles before so it was all a learning curve for me.

I love these solid tumblers that Judith from Just Jude got us to do.
Again I have never tried tumblers before. We also had to contribute a tumbler for each block...I chose to do a scrappy tumbler in each.
The navy really frames them well too.

I still have one more block to do. Scrappy Chevrons. (Sorry Eva).
It will be done before this kicking baby arrives!

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Last year I joined the Swoon a long and got all my blocks done but when it came to cutting them down, I stalled.
I didn't have a ruler that would fit these mammoth blocks to cut down so I put it aside and went onto another quilt.
So when I heard that Sarah at Fairyface Designs was thinking of starting Swoon 2013...I egged her on as it would give me the kick up the beeeehind that I needed to finish this quilt off.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

With only a few weeks to go and a couple of weeks after that (they never come when they should),

I thought that I better get some things ready for this bundle of joy that is going to turn our lives upside down.

I have been looking around the past few months for a couple of things to make for the wee one, and have found a few tutorials but was hoping there was a linky party that would bring me to all of them at once..(I'm becoming a bit lazy, my hubby is bringing everything to me, why can't the internet?)

Now my list for this baby is like all of my lists at home....never ending, so I have decided that I will make two things a week (if I can) and hope for the best...maybe I will get that extra two weeks to get a few more projects done. Some of the projects are big and some are small.

I thought that I would start with a nice and easy project....bunting.

This is about all I am going to do to decorate the half room the baby has....as my stash and sewing machine will be on the other side of the room (for the time being)

It is so handy to be able to go down the street to get a few supplies, which is what I have been doing over the past few months. I was also sucked in by Catherine to buy this little book. (and let me tell you I have about 6 sticky notes on different projects to do.)

I am now onto my third cardigan and can see that I am getting better at the tension each time.

(I'm a beginner here!)

These booties have been just too cute not to knit and knit and knit. ( I want to knit a pair in red next.)

It just seems to be easier to put my feet up and knit something than stand and use the rotary cutter these days.

Oh and I am wondering if I really have my priorities right....I seemed to have everything ready for me to take to the hospital..( a bit of knitting and hand sewing ).

I cut these out while on my ball the other night.

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I must be staying in hospital for a week!!!!
What am I thinking?

But I have absolutely nothing else packed in the bag.

Baby is going to wrapped in some hospital towels to be sent home.

Cracking day here and am going to enjoy it but before I go, if anyone knows of a tutorial to make your own knitting needle case/roll, please let me know...It will be put down on my to do list for the maternity leave.

I'll be back to let you know about the Swoon 2013 which stated about two weeks ago....behind on that too!

About Me

"Not with the good sissors!" and
"Don't you touch that tension!" would be my first memories of my sewing days with my mother. I have always enjoyed sewing since she took the time to teach us all to sew on her green Singer sewing machine. She was always sewing or mending something, and I loved to rummage through her chest of fabric.
Modern quilting is what catches my eye the most but I do like making sweet little things for special people in my life.